Seymour Heights Elementary

Seymour Heights Elementary School is striving to be an innovative leader and role model for outdoor learning in North Vancouver. We live and learn in an amazing natural environment. Seymour Heights Elementary also wants to redefine the classroom. Learning can happen anywhere; a classroom does not have to be inside, in a room, in a school, it can be in the forest, by the stream, in the playground, in a vegetable garden. We are striving to provide safe areas for students and staff to sit, to explore, to learn, and to ultimately connect the traditional values of education with the wider environment. At the core of this objective is to allow students to learn with Nature, and not just learn about Nature or in Nature.
We are very fortunate to have a courtyard at the center of the school. It is a unique outdoor space that has lots of potential to become an essential learning space for the school. A vegetable garden in this area would allow the students, teachers, and school community to interact and learn with Nature.